Table 2.

Study Participants and Follow-up

Age	Pregnancy history	Previous birth control used	4–6 wk f/u - IUD in place?	10 wk f/u - IUD in place?	6 mo f/u - IUD in place?	IUD in place at 4–6 weeks	IUD in place at 6 months	Preference for timing of IUD placement (asked at all f/u visits)
Immediate insertion group
19	G1P0	None	No - expulsed. Did not want replacement	Unable to contact	Unable to contact	No	Unknown	Delayed
19	G1P0	OCPs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Immediate for all 3 visits
19	G2P0	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Immediate for all 3 visits
17	G1P0	None	Yes	Unable to contact	Yes (visit was at 9 months postpartum)	Yes	Yes	Visit was at outside facility and was not asked
19	G1P0	Condoms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Immediate for all 3 visits
17	G1P0	Condoms, DMPA	Yes	Requested IUD removal; got DMPA	Unable to contact	Yes	Unknown	Immediate for 2 visits
Delayed insertion group
18	G2P1	Condoms, OCPs	IUD inserted	Unable to contact	Unable to contact	Yes	Unknown	“Do not care”
17	G2P1	Condoms	IUD inserted at outside facility	Unable to contact	Presented to outside facility for pregnancy test (positive). Stated had IUD removed 1 month after it was placed	Yes	No	Was not asked
19	G2P0	None	Unable to contact	*Stated she received DMPA injection postpartum and was not sure what method she wanted to use	*Stated she did not have an IUD and was not sure what method she wanted to use	No	No	Was not asked
19	G3P2	DMPA	No f/u, but 11 mos later admitted to hospital in labor with another full-term pregnancy				No	Was not asked
19	G2P0	None	No. Stated she wanted the contraceptive implant but never returned	Unable to contact	Unable to contact	No	Unknown	Was not asked

^*Follow-up by phone

Abbreviations: G=gravidity (number of pregnancies), P=parity (number of deliveries), DMPA=Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (contraceptive injection), OCPs=oral contraceptive pills